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1
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What are the 6 “w” words that historians use?

A

Who, what, when, where, how, why.

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2
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What do historian do?

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Ask questions, collecting information, developing theories.

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3
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What does OMACPRU mean

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Origin
Motive
Audience 
Content
Perspective 
Reliability 
Usefulness
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4
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What is chronological order?

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The order in which events happen from earliest to the most recent

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5
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What is stratigraphy?

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Soil forming layers/different types of the earths soil

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6
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What is a hypothesis?

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A theory

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What are the 3 dating methods in 1:2

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Radiocarbon, dendrochronology, thermoluminescence dating (TL dating)

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What dating method would I use to find the age of a wooden hut?

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Dendrochronology dating

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9
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What dating method would I use to find the age of a fossil/bones ?

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Radiocarbon dating

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10
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What dating method would I use to find the age of a clay pot?

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Thermoluminescence dating (TL dating)

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What does a Paleontologist study?

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Plant and animal fossils

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12
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What does a Linguists study?

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The structure of languages

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What does a Scientific expert study?

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Scientific methods to provide evidence

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14
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What does a Cryptographer study?

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Study and create code systems

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15
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What does a anthropologist study?

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Study human development

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16
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What is experimental archaeology?

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Sometimes experts use experimental archeology to test a hypothesis about how something was created.

17
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What was the man called, found on the ötzal alps ?

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Ötzi the iceman

18
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How did ötzi die?

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Shot with an arrow then Hit with a hard object

19
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What is a secondary source?

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Reconstruction of the past by people in a later time. (information mostly)

20
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What is a primary source?

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A source that is created in the time being investigated. (Bones, rocks, letters,ect)

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